Tourist Juliana Marins has been found dead after she fell down a ravine at an Indonesian volcano popular with hikers. Photo / ajulianamarins
Tourist Juliana Marins has been found dead after she fell down a ravine at an Indonesian volcano popular with hikers. Photo / ajulianamarins
A Brazilian tourist who fell down a ravine at an Indonesian volcano popular with hikers has been found dead after a days-long search and rescue effort.
Attempts to evacuate Juliana Marins, 26, who went missing on Saturday at Mt Rinjani on Lombok island, were hindered by challenging weather and terrainafter authorities spotted her unmoving body with a drone.
The head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, Mohammad Syafii, said rescuers would evacuate her body on Wednesday morning because of bad weather.
“One of the rescuers managed to reach the victim at the depth of 600 metres. Upon checking, there were no signs of life,” he told reporters.
An Instagram account providing updates from the Marins family throughout the search effort also said Marins was found unresponsive on Tuesday.
Marins’ last posts on Instagram show her backpacking around Thailand and Vietnam before reaching Indonesia.
Lombok is a tourist destination known for its idyllic beaches and lush greenery, and many try to climb Rinjani, Indonesia’s second-tallest volcano, for its panoramic views.
In 2018, hundreds of hikers and guides became stranded by landslides on the mountain after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the island. At least 17 were killed across the island, including one on the mountain.
